YOU can stay in a Cold War-era ballistic missile silo near where a "UFO once crashed" for around $500 a night.

The missile base/bunker property — dubbed the "True Cold War Relic Atlas F Missile Silo/ Bunker" — is located in Roswell, New Mexico.

According to the Airbnb listing, which has been rated 4.98 stars, the property has an "underground Launch Control Center and a Utility Tunnel that leads to the 186 ft deep Missile Silo, with much of its original floors still intact."

Gary Baker, the owner of the missile silo, explains on the property listening that visitors can "enjoy the former upper level of the launch control center as your private apartment with numerous books and displays showing the early days of our Missile Heritage as well as a complete living suite."

The room offered is a private room with two beds and one private bath.

"Owners live on the lower level of the former launch control center," the listing notes.

The unique space, which has underground cellular service and Wi-Fi, is surrounded by the High Desert of Southeastern, New Mexico.

It's also "only 18 miles from downtown Roswell and the World FAMOUS UFO Museum," the listing explains.

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The silo costs approximately $550 for one night, not including the added cleaning, service, and occupancy taxes and fees.

However, it appears there is a discount applied to the total cost if the room is booked for at least seven nights.

The Cold War-era history missile silo was once home to an intercontinental ballistic missile under the Atlas F project, which began in 1962, KRQE reports.

The Airbnb owner told the news outlet there were once 12 of these types of missile silos around Roswell where the Walker Air Force Base was located and each one cost $22 million to build.

Baker said: "It held an intercontinental ballistic missile with a 4-megaton warhead on her.

"It took barely two and half years to build them and two years to operate them.”

The 12 missile silos in the Roswell area were among 72 silos that were constructed across the US for the same project.

Barker bought two of the silos for $55,000 each 25 years ago, one of them he made into his home and the other is undergoing renovation.

Baker, who first played in the silos in the 1970s when he was a student at the New Mexico Military Institute, originally thought about turning one of the silos into a museum.

He instead turned it into a bed and breakfast/Airbnb during the Covid-19 pandemic.

And it appears he's done a successful job as an Airbnb host, as one visitor wrote a review this month saying: "Don't think, just book."

The December 2021 review adds: "Yes, Roswell is a small town; but it does have some truly unique experiences. 

"The crown jewel being Gary and his missile silo. What an incredible experience. The space is indescribable; it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen."

Another review, submitted in November 2021, says the Airbnb space "is like staying in a museum."

It reads: "When you arrive at this remote site, you'll be greeted by the host and led into the depths of the refinished silo. It's clean and well decorated.

"Gary will give you a rundown of the site's history and will retire to leave you to explore and experience it on your own.

"He'll be on hand if you have any questions. The place has modern amenities, cell service and wifi underground! Running water, a small kitchen, and a modern bathroom."

Meanwhile, a top-secret nuclear missile silo in Arkansas has been converted into a luxury Airbnb designed to survive the apocalypse.

And a former government contractor-turned-doomsday prepper is selling homes for the end of the world after converting old missile silos into inverted skyscrapers where the rich and famous can ride out the apocalypse.

Larry Hall, 64, who began developing his first "Survival Condo" in central Kansas in 2010, now has several more in development in the US, Europe, and Asia.

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